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Wyandanch residents march to protest school cuts

Quick ReadAbout 50 community residents and others participated in the rally, organized by local activists and the Long Island Progressive Coalition, a regional volunteer group.

Protesters march in the streets of Wyandanch to

Photo credit: Ed Betz | Protesters march in the streets of Wyandanch to fight education cuts in their district. (Aug. 14, 2010)

Faced with teacher layoffs and larger class sizes, school officials, parents and students took to the streets of Wyandanch Saturday to protest $1.4 billion in statewide cuts in education aid.

"Whose kids? Our kids! Can we save them? Yes, we will!" chanted the demonstrators as they waved posters and marched a mile from Wyandanch Memorial High School to LaFrancis Hardiman Elementary School.

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